When in 2007 I first saw a Spanish movie
Pan’s Labyrinth was amazed and blown away by class screenplay and storytelling.
My tryst with foreign language movie began here. So, when decade later when ace
director writer #guillermodeltoro decides to pen down Pan’s Labyrinth into a
book the opportunity can’t be missed. A cult classic movie conceptualized in a
book is an alluring offer. Guillermo del Toro’s story telling is different and
his inclination to fantasies fairies and magic is evident from his work.
Pan’s Labyrinth is a dark fantasy drama
horror tale the story is dark twisted whimsical. It is dark and magical beyond
imagination. The story takes place in Spain during summer of 1944 five years
after Spanish Civil War. The narrative intertwines the real world with magical
world centered on an overgrown abandoned labyrinth and mysterious creatures.
Ofelia a 10-year-old girl with whom these creatures communicate and guide her
way out of a tumultuous life. She has lost her father and her mother is sick
and pregnant and they are made to travel to forest land by her step father a
Spanish captain. Her stepdad captain Vidal is cruel and thinks will liberate
the revolutionaries out of their miseries. The story switches between Spanish
revolution and Ofelia’s mystic world were the creatures are assigned to guide
her way into labyrinth and out of her miseries.
Ofelia is asked to perform some task to
prove she is a worthy enough so that the faun can rescue her and her mother.
The story takes dramatic turn and is gripping to core. The book is visually
appealing and the effect of mystic world is not lost in transition.
The most anticipated book of the year
cannot disappoint you !!!!
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